Drainage Supervisor

Ringway Jacobs; Congleton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Pay

5 days extra leave

RJ Rewards discounts

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Ringway Jacobs is seeking a Supervisor to join the Drainage team in Cheshire East. You will deliver end-to-end highway drainage works across revenue and capital programmes, including reactive, emergency and planned maintenance.

Reporting to the Drainage Manager, you will supervise operatives and supply chain partners, ensure work is carried out safely, and manage priorities using agile/mobile working. Ringway Jacobs welcomes flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising drainage or highway works is preferred.
• Knowledge of CDM regulations and health and safety legislation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise self-delivery and partner gangs to maintain high safety and quality standards.
• Ensure programmes meet key milestones across the contract.
• Monitor works to Ringway Jacobs specifications and procedures.
• Communicate with maintenance support daily.

Skills

Supervision

Agile working

Planning

Health & safety

Job description

Ringway Jacobs has an exciting opportunity for a Supervisor to join the Drainage team in Cheshire East.

Reporting to the Drainage Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for delivering end-to-end highway drainage works across both revenue and capital programmes, including reactive, emergency and planned maintenance activities.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that operatives and supply chain partners are deployed effectively and carry out their work safely. You will supervise site activities to ensure all operational tasks are delivered in line with relevant standards, strategies and service policies.

The Role

• Carry out supervision of both self-delivery and SCP gangs to ensure that works are carried out safely and to the highest standard.
• Ensure programmes are delivered to key milestones across the contract.
• Monitor delivery to ensure work is carried out in accordance with Ringway Jacobs , specifications and procedures.
• Ability to self-manage priorities and workload using agile/mobile working across the Cheshire East.
• Communicate daily with the maintenance support team.

About You

• Good knowledge and application of design procedures, guidance and standards and good practice documents
• Good knowledge of Construction, Design and Management regulations and application of Health and Safety legislation
• Good Knowledge of and application of Highway Legislation
• Previous experience of working with Highways Drainage is desirable but not essential
• NRSWA – Supervisor (New Road and Street Works Act) Qualification

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That's why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our "RJ Rewards" app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees.